Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)

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From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1991 22:12

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In article <1991Mar29.012352.23889@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> quale@saavik.cs.wisc.edu (Douglas E. Quale) writes:
> Dan Bernstein doesn't believe that programs written in languages with dynamic
> typing are shorter than those written in C.

When did I say that?

Doug, are you capable of correctly paraphrasing anything I've ever said?

---Dan

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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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Subject: Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)
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In article <693@optima.cs.arizona.edu> gudeman@cs.arizona.edu (David Gudeman) writes:
> Programs in
> dynamically typed languages are generally half to a tenth the size of
> programs in statically typed languages that do the same thing.

I don't believe you. Give an example.

---Dan

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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
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Subject: Re: Dynamic typing (part 3)
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